Percent question

Question

The chef has 25 pounds of strip loin. The trim loss on the strip loin is 35% and the cooking loss is 80% of the trimmed weight. How many pounds of trimmed, cooked strip loin will the chef have left to serve his customers?

Answer 1

Danielle,

 

Original amount is 25 lbs

 

Trim loss is 35%, so remaining amount is 65% i.e. 0.65*25 = 16.25 lbs

 

Cooking loss is 80%, so remaining amount is 20% i.e. 0.20*16.25 = 3.25 lbs